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And my concern .. is that for erring on the side of caution, safety and professionalism, Valerie Wells, her FO and the second crew could be stigmatised by US Airways management as a result of taking this stand - not least of all because the USAPA did a commendable job of jumping to the crew's defence and which support revealed USA in a less than favourable light.
The curious thing is that in the longrun safety always pays off whereas sailing close to the wind only yeilds short-term solutions which all too often result in costs [fiscal, human, reputation and otherwise] which undo the 'benefits' of the compromise to such an extent so as to render the choice ineffectual at best, high damaging and deadly at worst.
This realisation should be part the ABC's of airline management but .. one sees that it is necessary to repeat the obvious (with alarming regularity) to people who really should know better.